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American Bar Association

Women's Interest Network

WIN Speaker's Bureau
The WIN Speaker's Bureau is a service of the Women's Interest Network and the Section of International Law, and is a registry of women who have made themselves available to speak on certain international practice areas. The chart, below, identifies those WIN members available for speaking engagements, their focus area(s), and location. If you are interested in volunteering to be listed on the WIN Speaker's Bureau, download this form, complete it, and email it to Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, WIN Chair and Lisa J. Savitt, WIN Vice-Chair.
Name Topics Contact Information
Maria Cecília Andrade

1. Antitrust;
2. International Trade;
3. Latin America Issues;
4. Commercial Defense; and
5. MERCOSUL.

Associate, Mattos, Muriel, Pacheco, Kestener Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil

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Professor Bernadette Atuahene

1. Law, Policy, and International Development;
2. Land Titling;
3. Land Restitution; and
4. Property Law Issues in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Professor of Law,Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL

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Tequila J. Brooks 1. Labor and civil society issues in free trade (NAFTA and NAALC, CAFTA);
2. Immigrant worker issues;
3. Employment discrimination law in Mexico, Canada and the U.S.;
4. Workers’ compensation law in the U.S. and Canada; and
5. Social security law in Mexico.

Alexandria, VA

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Cyndee Todgham Cherniak

1. Trade Remedies;
2. Canadian Customs Laws;
3. NAFTA (including NAFTA verifications, rules of origin, and dispute settlement);
4. WTO;
5. Canadian Sales Tax Laws (goods and services tax, provincial sales tax, excise taxes, etc.);
6. Public Private Partnerships and Government Procurement; and
7. Canada's Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, and Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

Partner, Heenan Blaikie, Toronto, Canada

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Yee Wah Chin

1. Antitrust Implications of Intellectual Property Transactions;
2. Antitrust Review of Cross-Border Transactions; and
3. Development of Antitrust Law.

Senior Counsel, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, Washington, DC

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Jessica T. DePinto 1. Country of Origin Marking;
2. Free Trade Agreements;
3. Customs Compliance; and
4. Special Duty Deferral.

Associate, Hodes Keating & Pilon, Chicago, IL

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Ana Luisa Castro Cunha Derenusson 1.Corporate Finance;
2. Asset Based Finance; and
3. Aircraft Finance.

Partner, Xavier, Bernardes, Bragança, Sociedade de Advogados, São Paulo Brazil

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Honorable Marjory D. Fields
 1.Women's Human Rights: Violence Against Women;
2. Family and Matrimonial Law-International; and
3. Judicial independence and judicial administration.

Special Counsel, Beldock Levine & Hoffman, New York, NY

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Melanie A. Frank

1. Trade Remedies (Antidumping/Subsidies);
2. Trade Policy (WTO/NAFTA/Negotiations of Trade Agreements);
3. Trade Litigation and Dispute Settlement (WTO / NAFTA / U.S. Court Practice);
4. Customs;
5. Rule of Law; and
6. International Trade.

Associate, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC

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Judith Gliniecki 1. Doing Business in Poland;
2. Cross-Cultural Negotiations and Transactions; and
3. Corporate Structuring and Re-structuring

Rymar and Partners, Warsaw, Poland

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Carolyn Herzog

 1. Corporate Counsel-Relevant Topics Including Subject Matter or Management;
2. Internet Security/Privacy; and
3. Trade Compliance – Encryption (Software/Hardware)

Director, Legal, Symantec Corporation, Herndon, VA

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Amy L. Hirter

1. Cross-Border Joint Ventures;
2. Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions; and
3. Foreign Agent and Distributors.

Partner, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Denver, CO

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Jean E. Kalicki

1. International Arbitration;
2. Foreign Investment Disputes; and
3. Investor-State Dispute Resolution.

 

Counsel, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC

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Jacqueline Klosek

1. Data Privacy and Security (On a Worldwide Basis; Particularly E.U. v. U.S.);
2. Intellectual Property;
3. International Licensing; and
4. Legal Reform in Afghanistan.

Associate, Goodwin Procter LLP, Roseland, NJ

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Lucinda Low 1. International Anti-Corruption;
2. U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and
3. Anti-Money Laundering.

Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC

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Maria Regina M.A. Lynch 1. Aircraft Finance (all aspects including tax driven structures and repossession and foreclosure of aircraft); and
2. Airline Reorganization- the new Brazilian Bankruptcy Law

Senior Partner, Xavier, Bernardes, Bragança, Sociedade de Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil

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Margaret Niles 1. Doing Business in Russia;
2. International Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances; and
3. Investment Transactions.

Partner, Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, Seattle, WA

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Amelia Porges

1. WTO Dispute Settlement;
2. Trade Negotiations in WTO and Free Trade Agreements; Trade in services (e.g. financial services, express delivery and postal services, telecom);
3. Agricultural trade in WTO;
4. WTO as an international organization; and
5. U.S.-Japan trade relations.

Counsel, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, DC

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Lisa J. Savitt 1. Product Liability Litigation; and
2. Jurisdiction over foreign defendants, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Partner, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC

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Salli A. Swartz

1. International Business Transactions: How to Avoid the Pitfalls;
2. Technology and Licensing in International Transactions; and
3. Anti-Corruption and Enforcement Issues.

Partner, Phillips Giraud Naud & Swartz, Paris, France

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Michelle M. Wade

1. Does My Private Company Meet the FAA'S Definition of U.S. Citizen to Allow Me to Register My Aircraft in the United States and if not What Are My Alternatives?;
2. Foreign-Registered Corporate Jets Operating Within the United States- Reimbursement Limitations; and
3. Limitations on Charging for Use of Corporate Jets Operated Under U.S. FAR Part 91.

Partner, Jackson, Wade & Blanck, L.L.C., Shawnee, KS

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Alexandra Wrage 1. The Perfect Storm: More Anti-Bribery Laws, More Prosecutions, Higher Penalties;
2. Building a Robust International Anti-Bribery Compliance Program; and
3. The Hidden Cost of Corruption

President, Trace International, Inc., Washington, DC

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Janet B. Wright

1.Global Equity Compensation-Securities, Labor Law, and Tax Issues;
2. General Corporate and Securities Topics; and
3. Managing Your In-House Practice/Networking/Career Management.

Director, Corporate Legal Department, Dell, Inc., Round Rock, TX

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